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Jackson Walker

DOJ Enforcing Criminal Penalties When Employers Fail to Comply

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a memo indicating a significant policy shift to prioritize immigration enforcement and expand the use of criminal statutes to address illegal immigration. The DOJ will support the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Employers Face Civil and Criminal Penalties for Immigration Violations

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Immigration enforcement has quickly become a pressing issue for employers in the first few weeks of the Trump administration, and many companies are re-evaluating their policies, reviewing their I-9 compliance and preparing...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report | Q1 2024

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We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. Each issue...more

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DOJ's Newly Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy Incentivizes Robust Compliance Programs, Cooperation and Remediation

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On Jan. 17, AAG Polite announced “the first significant changes” to the CEP since 2017. The policy revisions will apply to all corporate criminal matters handled by the Criminal Division and offer companies “new, significant,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Profit Sharing as Bribery: The Honeywell FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 3 – The Comeback

To close out 2022 in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements of FCPA enforcement actions with Honeywell UOP,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Profit Sharing as Bribery: The Honeywell FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 2 – The King and Bribery Schemes

To close out 2022 in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements of FCPA enforcement actions with Honeywell UOP,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Profit Sharing as Bribery: The Honeywell FCPA Enforcement Action: Part 1 – Introduction

To close out 2022 in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) both announced settlements of FCPA enforcement actions with Honeywell...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

ABB FCPA Resolution: Part 1 – Introduction

Late last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a highly anticipated resolution of Foreign Corruption Practices Act (FCPA) violation involving the Swiss construction giant, ABB Ltd. The most obvious significance is...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Procurement Collusion Strike Force Acts Broadly and Often in 2022

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In November 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF), an interagency partnership composed of prosecutors from the Antitrust Division and the United States...more

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DOJ Announces New Guidance on Corporate Criminal Enforcement

On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Lisa Monaco announced pivotal new guidance about the DOJ’s corporate criminal enforcement efforts. Her speech, accompanied by a more...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Glencore Resolution: Part III – The Commodity Price Manipulation Case

Last week, the Attorney General and a host of other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced the settlement of a massive Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and market manipulation case against Glencore plc...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Glencore Resolution: Part II – The FCPA Action

Last week, the Attorney General and a host of other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced the settlement of a massive Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and market manipulation case against Glencore plc...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Glencore FCPA Resolution, Part I-Introduction

“The rule of law requires that there not be one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless; one rule for the rich and another for the poor. The Justice Department will continue to bring to bear its resources on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Government Contractors Facing Increased Antitrust Scrutiny

Procurement Collusion Strike Force - The Procurement Collusion Strike Force, formed by the Department of Justice in 2019, is ramping up enforcement pressures against government contractors. The Strike Force brings together...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Cookies, Chocolates and IP: The Stericycle FCPA Enforcement Action – Part IV

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action, involving the waste management company, Stericycle, Inc....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Cookies, Chocolates and IP: The Stericycle FCPA Enforcement Action – Part I

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action. To say that the respondent company, Stericycle, Inc. (Stericycle) had a culture...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2021 – The Year in FCPA Enforcement

There was a paucity of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions in 2021. However, the few enforcement actions announced did provide significant lessons for every compliance professional....more

King & Spalding

What’s in Store for White-Collar Enforcement in 2021 and Beyond

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Federal white-collar prosecutions declined considerably from 2010 to 2019, and likely fell even further last year after courts and government offices closed. But given the impending end of the pandemic, another surge of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FCPA Update: Enforcement Continues

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In recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced several notable penalties for violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The FCPA prohibits...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Deutsche Bank – FCPA Recidivist: Part 3 – Overlooked Red Flags and Internal Control Failures

Last week, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), “agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

HorrorFest 2020 Celebration – Hammer, Frankenstein and Final Thoughts on Sargeant Marine

Today, October 2, is the first Friday in October so I begin my annual month of Friday HorrorFest Film highlights. The great thing about this blog post series is that I get to re-watch these great old horror films. While I...more

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JPMorgan Chase DPA Provides Insight into Government’s Assessment of Compliance Programs

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On September 29, 2020, US authorities announced that they reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) to settle criminal charges related to two distinct years-long market manipulation schemes involving...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Department of Justice fines pharmaceutical company

Compliance Today (August 2020) - On May 7, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced a deferred prosecution agreement, in which Apotex Corp. agreed to pay a $24.1 million criminal penalty for...more

Oberheiden P.C.

A CEO's Guide to FCPA Compliance

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- A tone-at-the-top business culture with CEO leadership is a critical component of effective anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy implementation. - CEO leadership helps set an example for lower management and company...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Enforcement Spotlight: US Prosecutors Continue To Target Medical Technology Companies

Health care fraud continues to be a top enforcement priority for U.S. prosecutors, and nowhere is this more true than for the medical technology sector. From 2014-2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought enforcement...more

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